Estimate

1.500 - 2.500

Session

8 May 2026

Description

China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century

Pigments on silk

Depicting a court lady seated in a formal frontal pose, wearing a ceremonial robe (chaopao) with a red ground decorated with dragons amidst multicoloured clouds

The chest bearing a rank badge (buzi) with a tiger, identifying the figure as the wife of a fourth-rank military official

With a ceremonial headdress set with pearls and lateral pendants

On a carpet with floral and ruyi motifs

(Framed under glass; with scattered foxing)



命妇画像，中国，清代，十九世纪。绢本设色，绘四品武官夫人正面端坐，身着红地云龙纹朝袍，胸缀虎纹补子，头戴珠饰朝冠，垂挂两侧流苏，足下铺如意花卉纹地毯。（带框装玻璃；有散布霉斑）

107x72 cm